LEMA ISLA
Paniqui
Summary
Experienced accountant with 17 years in Financial Reporting, Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet, Payables, Budgeting, Bank and Account Reconciliations, and Accounting Systems Management. Highly motivated with proven track record of delivering quality results.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Financial Accountant
Oscars Hotels Group
Sydney
03.2015 - 07.2016
- Assisted in preparations of various balance sheets reconciliations for monthly and annual closing
- Responsible for keeping bank reconciliation items at minimum level
- Assisted in preparations of monthly P&L ensuring revenues and expenses are accounted and accrued, if necessary
- Maintains and accounts bank statement records on system on daily basis
- Assisted in finalizing entries for BAS filing purposes
- Responsible in keeping up-to-date recording of wages and wages related transactions
- Reviewed, verified, prepared weekly batch payments for suppliers
- Designed automated (Excel VBA) posting templates for payroll entries and intercompany transactions entries that resulted to reduced turn-around time of recording to 75% and 50% respectively (Wage Easy to Sunsystems)
- Developed and maintained navigable intercompany loan matrix report for 30 + companies within group.
Financial Reporting, Systems and Compliance Officer
World Vision Development Foundation, Inc
Quezon City
12.2012 - 02.2015
- Reviewed accounting entries, bank reconciliation analysis and reconciliation statements of direct reports
- Monitored all asset and liability accounts ensuring proper methodology, techniques and policies are adopted and implemented
- Managed organizational external audit process, ensuring compliance to audit requirements, audit recommendation and timely submission of audited financial reports to appropriate agencies
- Ensure compliance on taxation and government requirements (i.e
- Filing of Books of Accounts, annual ITR, Certificate of Registration, annual payment, etc.)
- Manage Accounting Systems by ensuring appropriate setups are in place which includes management functions such as codes creation, payment profiles and supplier payment mode management, ledger revaluation, currency period and rates updating, Fixed Asset updating and other functions
- Assisted in annual budget preparation across all department
- Participated and provided inputs on procurement systems (Coupa) roll-out
- Designed time-saving Cost Allocation tool for project expenses reducing processing time to 50%
- Designed actuals vs
- Budget report template that resulted to reduced process turnover by 30%.
Accountant / Sunsystems, General Ledger Officer
World Vision Development Foundation, Inc
Quezon City
07.2009 - 11.2012
- Prepared monthly Field Financial Reports (Philippine Office) on timely manner
- Performed ledger entries reviews on regular basis that ensured compliance to partnership (international) and funding agency standards and recommended adjustments to ledger entries as needed
- Prepared receivables and payables Aging analysis
- Maintained Chart of Accounts, Supplier, and Customer accounts in Accounting Systems
- Assisted in providing capacity building training and orientation on Accounting Systems usage to accountants and other users that improved monthly closing processes by 10%
- Participated in migration and roll-out of new accounting system version.
Accountant
NYK Fil Ship Management Inc
04.2009 - 06.2009
- Prepared checks and vouchers intended for the crew and general overhead expenses on a timely manner
- Maintained documents of vessel and general overhead records that aided faster turn-around time of account balances verification during audits.
General Ledger Accountant
World Vision Development Foundation, Inc
Quezon City
06.2007 - 03.2009
- Prepared journal entries of income receipts/donation, allocation of costs to projects and service centers and adjustments
- Prepared Project Financial Reports
- Prepared Bank Reconciliation Statement
- Instrumental in clearing up 2 years' worth of legacy outstanding bank reconciliations items for multiple accounts
- Instrumental to flagging potential loss due to double disbursement by way of timely bank reconciliation tasks.
Accountant/Compliance Officer
Rebo Lending Investor Corporation
06.2007 - 03.2009
- Performed finance related activities covering record keeping, taxation and relevant regulatory agencies compliance and finance reporting.
Accountant
NYK Fil Ship Management Inc
01.2007 - 05.2007
- Performed computation of payables due to crew including home allotments and final balances
- Verified accuracy and completeness of information on the Crew contract
- Corresponded with principal manning agency's counterpart representative concerning relevant financial matters.
Accounting Supervisor
NYK Fil Ship Management Inc
01.2005 - 12.2006
- Performed receivable management by monitoring and follow-up of account dues
- Assisted in preparation of Monthly Financial Statements/Audit Schedules
- Performed cash handling by monitoring cash and check collections, payment receiving and invoicing, supplier disbursements, cash position monitoring, petty cash disbursements and banking transactions and correspondence
- Prepared Monthly Bank Reconciliation for unrelated cash accounts.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accountancy
Tarlac State University
04.2003
Skills
- Financial Reporting
- Profit and Loss
- Balance Sheet
- Payables
- Budgeting
- Bank Reconciliations
- Accounting Systems Management
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Sunsystems 6
Certification
10/2004, CPA - Certified Public Accountant
Timeline
Financial Accountant
Oscars Hotels Group
03.2015 - 07.2016
Financial Reporting, Systems and Compliance Officer
World Vision Development Foundation, Inc
12.2012 - 02.2015
Accountant / Sunsystems, General Ledger Officer
World Vision Development Foundation, Inc
07.2009 - 11.2012
Accountant
NYK Fil Ship Management Inc
04.2009 - 06.2009
General Ledger Accountant
World Vision Development Foundation, Inc
06.2007 - 03.2009
Accountant/Compliance Officer
Rebo Lending Investor Corporation
06.2007 - 03.2009
Accountant
NYK Fil Ship Management Inc
01.2007 - 05.2007
Accounting Supervisor
NYK Fil Ship Management Inc
01.2005 - 12.2006
Bachelor of Science - Accountancy
Tarlac State University
10/2004, CPA - Certified Public Accountant
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